Comments on: Jamis Team Carbon 29″er For 2010: Sneak Peek!

By: RubberBoy

RubberBoy — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:48:00 +0000

@ Joe Q

Are we now speaking in military cant? ‘23.5′ what? Ruth over…

By: joe q

joe q — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:29:29 +0000

Hi,

I rode the jamis team carbon twenty niner. Nice bike but 23.5 for a hardtail just doesn’t cut it anymore.

peace

By: Trailrapist

Trailrapist — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:34:08 +0000

Yep, those Elixirs are the shit! I have them on my El Mariachi. You just need to get them set up right. I’m not a mechanic, but I was able to install them straight out of the box. They come pre-bleed do no worries about that. I set the mounts up loose with lots of grease on the bolts and concave/convex washers – squeezed the levers – making them self center, then torqued them appropriately. The only thing i’ve had to do is clean the rotors every other ride with a little rubbing alcohol and they’re squeak free. Actually they make a really cool noise at hight speed – sounds like running water.

By: AGuy

AGuy — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:23:03 +0000

By: Oderus

Oderus — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:17:18 +0000

Just be patient. Do the initial set up according to Avid’s set up instructions then fine tune using the finest tools available, your eyes, hands and ears. Good music and beer helps too. PBR and Lamb of God works well for me when I require absolute focus.lol

By: AGuy

AGuy — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:56:32 +0000

Thanks for the tip Oderus; you’ve just tipped the scale back to the Mag. They sound so fantastic that I’ll give them a shut. Anything in particular I need to be heedful about when I set them up?

By: Oderus

Oderus — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:21:25 +0000

Aguy, don’t be fooled by a poorly set up Elixir brake. Yes the tolerance is tighter, but if you take the time to set them up, they are flat out awesome. I use them on one of my 29ers and They are fab-o. No drag, no squeal, no fade. Solid stopping power each and every time.

By: AGuy

AGuy — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:23:10 +0000

I saw the bike two days ago. A Jamis sales rep brought the bike over to my LSB, showing them off. The MSRP hovers at around 5.5k.

A few components you cannot make out from the image: Elixir CR Mag brakes , WTB Shadow saddle and Riche 10d carbon handle bar. The total package weighs around 23#.

The production is Taiwan based. If you want carbon ‘Made in the USA’ go Bonti.

From my little knowledge and experience, many of the parts are fragile and I would not ride the serious AM trail. I have no knowledge on frame, but the Richey group has failed miserably in a prominent German stress tests (it was the only carbon components to do lousy – you can look it up on google). Also, the FSA crank is hollow carbon design and can to fall apart upon impact. In my own eyes I saw a crank arms torn asunder.

The Avid brakes on paper sound great. I really wanted to purchase a set until my shop pointed out to me they had a very tight rotor/pad tolerance. Much tighter than other brakes. In fact, the mechanic presented me is own bike with Mag installed on them and the rear was dragging. Out of curiosity, I spun the Jamis wheels. Lo and behold, the front was dragging.

My 0.00001c….

By: Dust

Dust — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:38:27 +0000

How many frame manufacturers are molding the carbon fiber for these bike companies? The point I’m getting at is, is there just one company that happens to be making carbon fiber frames in Taiwan? I wondered how close all of these different geometries are.

By: Vecsus

Vecsus — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:07:52 +0000

Funny, I was gonna post a comment to DC last night but decided to just let it slide. Glad to see other people with the same opinion. I think DC should start up his own bike company since he obviously knows better than anyone else what designs and models we need.

I like the looks of the Jamis frame and am happy to see another carbon option for 29ers.